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Category: Home Design & Shopping

Top Design Trends of the Year

By Laura Wainman

Local designers explain their favorite trends from 2011 and how you can incorporate them into your own home in 2012.

High-gloss paint makes art and textiles pop. Photograph by Angie Seckinger, courtesy Sally Steponkus Interiors.

Tangerine Tango and haute herringbone and classic chevron, oh my! In the world of interior design, where what was hot yesterday is out today, trying to keep your home in style can be overwhelming—which is why more and more customers are turning to interior designers to discover the hottest trends. They are the experts after all, and can help determine when to follow trends and when to stick with classic, timeless designs.

We recently talked with five local designers to find out their picks for the most popular design trends of 2011 and how you can incorporate them into your own home for 2012. Here are their decorating dos and don’ts for the new year.

 

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Category Tags: Home Design & Shopping, Green Design

Winter White Decorating Ideas

By Samantha Miller

Just because it hasn’t snowed yet in Washington doesn’t mean you can’t create your own winter wonderland using white decor.

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Category Tags: Home Design & Shopping

How to Decorate Your Home with “Tangerine Tango,” Pantone’s 2012 Color of the Year

By Samantha Miller

The fiery orange hue has been spotted on runways and red carpets. Now, local designer Samantha Friedman shares how to incorporate the winning shade into your home decor.

Next year’s “it” color manages to fuse happy-go-lucky warmth with sultry exoticism—and it’s already popping up everywhere. Nanette Lepore, Tommy Hilfiger, and Elie Tahari incorporated the vibrant hue into their spring 2012 collections. Essie and OPI released several Tangerine-esque nail polishes. And scores of Hollywood starlets have rocked the shade on the red carpet.

Maryland-based interior designer Samantha Friedman says the color’s recent spike in popularity can be traced to its versatility. She calls the shade “fresh and fun, but not overly feminine.”

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Washingtonian Reader Deals: Home Repair, Cleaning, and Renovation

By Sherri Dalphonse

Exclusive reader discounts for work around the house

Photograph by Randy Faris/Corbis

Photograph by Randy Faris/Corbis

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Give your walls a fresh coat of paint at a great savings. Tech Painting Company (Alexandria; 703-684-7702), founded more than 20 years ago, is offering the first 50 readers who sign up 15 percent off any interior painting completed between December 1 and February 28—plus a free color consultation, a $250 value, for the first 15.

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Category Tags: Home Design & Shopping

You Should Really Check Out West Elm's New Pop-Up Shop (Pictures)

By Sarah Zlotnick

The popular home goods store has a six-month lease on a small Georgetown space

Photograph by Studio Saldana

At 6,500 square feet, West Elm's second attempt at a retail space inside District lines (the brand closed its Metro Center location, now Forever21, in March 2010) certainly isn't sprawling. But we like it all the more for that. Boasting furniture more in tune with a hip Logan Circle apartment than a stuffy Kalorama mansion, it seems only fitting to cram the goods in a space that reflects the square footage of their actual customers' homes.  Check out our slideshow tour of the store, and head in soon if you like what you see. According to The Washington Post, West Elm is open to the option of sticking around, but only locked in for a six-month lease.   

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Category Tags: Home Design & Shopping

DC Design House 2011: Going All Out in Forest Hills

By Denise Kersten Wills

With a modern chandelier and peacock-themed dressing room, DC’s top designers strut their stuff at the annual charity event

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Category Tags: Home Design & Shopping, House Tour

Free Online Contractor Referrals

By Sherri Dalphonse

Can't find the right person for your remodeling job like the one in our March story on Home Improvement? These local companies offer free referrals.

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Category Tags: Home Design & Shopping, Remodeling

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